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Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said?Sunday the Shanghai World Expo is one of the major tasks of 皇冠体育app's diplomatic work in 2010 at a new year reception held by the Foreign Ministry for foreign diplomats and officials of international organizations.

He said he would like to take the reception as an opportunity to promote the Expo to the international community and invite overseas people to visit 皇冠体育app during the event next year.

Yang pledged 皇冠体育app will continue to cooperate with other countries to address global challenges in the coming new year.

"皇冠体育app will continue to work with the rest of the international community to tackle various global challenges with full confidence and jointly advance world peace and development," said Yang at the reception.

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He said the year 2010 will be crucial for the recovery of the global economy, the reform of the international system and 皇冠体育app's efforts to ensure stability and promote development.

"We will work to maintain steady and relatively fast economic growth, and at the same time speed up the transformation of the economic development pattern so that our effort on these two fronts will reinforce each other," Yang said.

He said 皇冠体育app will remain committed to the path of peaceful development and the win-win strategy of opening-up, and pursue development that is peaceful, open and cooperative.

In his speech, Nolana Ta Ama, dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Togo's ambassador to 皇冠体育app, said as 皇冠体育app plays an increasingly important role on the international stage, it will continue to devote itself to the world affairs in 2010.

Over 400 people, including 皇冠体育app's State Councilor Dai Bingguo, attended the reception.